Born to a very small farming community in Oklahoma called Delhi. Mom grew up working the fields and even at the age five she was standing hay stocks five times her size. She had three older siblings, Mary, Lucy and Walter. Mom said even though they were so poor she always enjoyed school and just being with her family.
Mom boarded the bus in 1942 all by herself and the first time she left home, was headed for Tarrant Field Airdrome (Carswell Air Base, Fort Worth, Texas) where Consolidated Aircraft Co. was located. She got a job putting components in bombs. After a year, she joined the Women's Air Core and she was sent to an administrating school to learn to be a clerk typist. Her first assignment in 1943 was London England where she worked for the Quartermaster office in a bunker.
After a little more than a year, mom was transfered to Paris France. What was so delightful of Mom's new office, she had the magnificent views of the 'Arc de Triomphe' and 'Place Charles de Gaulle'. It was 'Place Charles de Gaulle' where her troop and others marched down during parades. In 1945, she was lucky to witness the mass celebrations of V-E Day in the streets of Paris. When it was time for the demobilization of military, Mom received her Honorable Discharge after servicing 2 years, 2 months, and 6 days. She earned the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Women's Air Core Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Button, and three Overseas Service Bars along with $100.
When the time came to head home, the troops were transported to Scotland where she boarded the RMS Queen Mary the Grey Ghost, to sail home.
Once home safely, she needed to find a job, and she found one at at Tinker AFB, OK, but close enough to visit her family. It was here she met my Dad and they eventually married. Marriage continued blissfully with three lovely daughters. Mom was a strong woman her whole life, especially when she had to raise three daughters after Dad's passing, but continued to work for US Army Flight Test Helicopter Division and she was on such programs for the Ultility Tactical Transport Aircraft (UTTA), Advance Attack Helicopter Program (AAH) and Heavy Lift Helicopter (HLH) and was a Supervisor her unit's logistical department until her retirement in 1979.
She spent her remaining years reading her favorite books, gardening, spending time with family and friends.
Mom boarded the bus in 1942 all by herself and the first time she left home, was headed for Tarrant Field Airdrome (Carswell Air Base, Fort Worth, Texas) where Consolidated Aircraft Co. was located. She got a job putting components in bombs. After a year, she joined the Women's Air Core and she was sent to an administrating school to learn to be a clerk typist. Her first assignment in 1943 was London England where she worked for the Quartermaster office in a bunker.
After a little more than a year, mom was transfered to Paris France. What was so delightful of Mom's new office, she had the magnificent views of the 'Arc de Triomphe' and 'Place Charles de Gaulle'. It was 'Place Charles de Gaulle' where her troop and others marched down during parades. In 1945, she was lucky to witness the mass celebrations of V-E Day in the streets of Paris. When it was time for the demobilization of military, Mom received her Honorable Discharge after servicing 2 years, 2 months, and 6 days. She earned the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Women's Air Core Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Button, and three Overseas Service Bars along with $100.
When the time came to head home, the troops were transported to Scotland where she boarded the RMS Queen Mary the Grey Ghost, to sail home.
Once home safely, she needed to find a job, and she found one at at Tinker AFB, OK, but close enough to visit her family. It was here she met my Dad and they eventually married. Marriage continued blissfully with three lovely daughters. Mom was a strong woman her whole life, especially when she had to raise three daughters after Dad's passing, but continued to work for US Army Flight Test Helicopter Division and she was on such programs for the Ultility Tactical Transport Aircraft (UTTA), Advance Attack Helicopter Program (AAH) and Heavy Lift Helicopter (HLH) and was a Supervisor her unit's logistical department until her retirement in 1979.
She spent her remaining years reading her favorite books, gardening, spending time with family and friends.
Born to a very small farming community in Oklahoma called Delhi. Mom grew up working the fields and even at the age five she was standing hay stocks five times her size. She had three older siblings, Mary, Lucy and Walter. Mom said even though they were so poor she always enjoyed school and just being with her family.
Mom boarded the bus in 1942 all by herself and the first time she left home, was headed for Tarrant Field Airdrome (Carswell Air Base, Fort Worth, Texas) where Consolidated Aircraft Co. was located. She got a job putting components in bombs. After a year, she joined the Women's Air Core and she was sent to an administrating school to learn to be a clerk typist. Her first assignment in 1943 was London England where she worked for the Quartermaster office in a bunker.
After a little more than a year, mom was transfered to Paris France. What was so delightful of Mom's new office, she had the magnificent views of the 'Arc de Triomphe' and 'Place Charles de Gaulle'. It was 'Place Charles de Gaulle' where her troop and others marched down during parades. In 1945, she was lucky to witness the mass celebrations of V-E Day in the streets of Paris. When it was time for the demobilization of military, Mom received her Honorable Discharge after servicing 2 years, 2 months, and 6 days. She earned the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Women's Air Core Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Button, and three Overseas Service Bars along with $100.
When the time came to head home, the troops were transported to Scotland where she boarded the RMS Queen Mary the Grey Ghost, to sail home.
Once home safely, she needed to find a job, and she found one at at Tinker AFB, OK, but close enough to visit her family. It was here she met my Dad and they eventually married. Marriage continued blissfully with three lovely daughters. Mom was a strong woman her whole life, especially when she had to raise three daughters after Dad's passing, but continued to work for US Army Flight Test Helicopter Division and she was on such programs for the Ultility Tactical Transport Aircraft (UTTA), Advance Attack Helicopter Program (AAH) and Heavy Lift Helicopter (HLH) and was a Supervisor her unit's logistical department until her retirement in 1979.
She spent her remaining years reading her favorite books, gardening, spending time with family and friends.
Mom boarded the bus in 1942 all by herself and the first time she left home, was headed for Tarrant Field Airdrome (Carswell Air Base, Fort Worth, Texas) where Consolidated Aircraft Co. was located. She got a job putting components in bombs. After a year, she joined the Women's Air Core and she was sent to an administrating school to learn to be a clerk typist. Her first assignment in 1943 was London England where she worked for the Quartermaster office in a bunker.
After a little more than a year, mom was transfered to Paris France. What was so delightful of Mom's new office, she had the magnificent views of the 'Arc de Triomphe' and 'Place Charles de Gaulle'. It was 'Place Charles de Gaulle' where her troop and others marched down during parades. In 1945, she was lucky to witness the mass celebrations of V-E Day in the streets of Paris. When it was time for the demobilization of military, Mom received her Honorable Discharge after servicing 2 years, 2 months, and 6 days. She earned the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Women's Air Core Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Button, and three Overseas Service Bars along with $100.
When the time came to head home, the troops were transported to Scotland where she boarded the RMS Queen Mary the Grey Ghost, to sail home.
Once home safely, she needed to find a job, and she found one at at Tinker AFB, OK, but close enough to visit her family. It was here she met my Dad and they eventually married. Marriage continued blissfully with three lovely daughters. Mom was a strong woman her whole life, especially when she had to raise three daughters after Dad's passing, but continued to work for US Army Flight Test Helicopter Division and she was on such programs for the Ultility Tactical Transport Aircraft (UTTA), Advance Attack Helicopter Program (AAH) and Heavy Lift Helicopter (HLH) and was a Supervisor her unit's logistical department until her retirement in 1979.
She spent her remaining years reading her favorite books, gardening, spending time with family and friends.
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